r I. DATE .'TIME C,R~Uit 10. CONCLUSION -4. UUMBER OF OBJECTS 9 , PHYSICAL EVIDENC! l'o s siuly Di .lloon. 11. BRIEP' SUMMARY AHD ANALYSIS (l),j.:ct ~j,!IJ"trci .D he clrifL.:.n .. : :ith t ho -:tind:;;. i .. lt;bt.c f'- 900(J APPROVED I JUNE 1948 COUNT II 'I' AREA Rt:POII fEO OH REPOR r :.0. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~ROM (Atfflf 1 ) Northwest Alabama Headquarters OAT OF RtPORT OAf 01" I~FOR ... ATIO~ lS January' 1953 14 January 1953 lVALUATIOtt ,aJ11a!A E. Bo7er 2di,t. USAF Civili3n Airport ~anager, Gadsden, Ala. P FRiMCt.S (C'cmtroiiiN~, clorrttr~. prmf>f<l r eporl, ttc, ,., app(fcu/lu) SUMMARY: ( ll.'lttn conci.N """"'II'' of repotl. Uft(rllljit'IIRCt l11 jln!Jl <trle"'Pil'"c' p;~raqrp. LIM lfld onortl Clll&!tJtr ltft . Bt(loll tut of"""'' on A i ' Jo'orm 111-l'art I/,) An unidentified fi7ing object was sighted on ll JanuarJ 195.3 b7 3pproximatel.7 twenty{20) citizens ot Gadsden, AlabatM. The incident was reported by the manager or the Gadeden Airport atter maey citizens confirmed his awn observations. The object was ot such a nature that. no one could give a detailed description. -----INCl.S. OISTl'IIUT!O,. :t'l' OlltGtMTOit EDiYARD R. S'ilARTZ l at Lt. USAF Wing Intelligence Ot!icer Chief# Air Technical Intelligence Center, A'IT~h ATizU-2c, .Vrigbt=Patterson .1\FB, Ohio. MOfll ~IS OOCU~I:'NT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING~ THE ~;:')"l~L O"i'E'I'i OF TI-lE liN I TED SH.TfS WITH I~ THE '!"ANIN<'; OF~E E~'"O~<AGE ACT, !:.0 U :; C - 3Z A<; AMEN OED ITS TRAN<;-..tSSIO"' OR THF ~ ~ ... ; I T MAY " OT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOU: OR I N PAr-. ES. EXCEPT BY PER'-415510-. OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE. USAF. AF FORM 112-PART II MPROvED I JUNE 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE FORMATION REPORT RPCPT HI), t f'OM ~.lllc'fll) Headq,uartera,JOOOth ~ing . rar11ell .8, .Ala At. 1705C, ll Jamaary 1953, an unidentified flying object was sighted b7 approximatel7 twenty(20) citizens o! Gadsden, JUabama. Among the slghters ware the Civilian Air De!ense Director and the Uar..:1~er of the Gad1den AU-port, Ur. Ur. , interviewe e , sighted the object. ~hila taking weather observations. The object was sighted llNI ot the town ot Gadsden at an estimated altitude o! elght( 8 ) or nine(9) thouaaDd foot traveling SSE !or five(5) to ten(lO) minutes during which time it traveled from one horizon to the other. Mr. had handy a all pair o! bj noculars through ~hich ho viewed the o act. Tho object appred to be a bright, glowing, multicolored mass but the relcltiYe size ::1nd shape were not aacertalnab1e. There were no sounds nor "Were there any :Jigna ot an emaust such as vapor traUs. The ..,~thar was clear, visibility twelve{l2) to .ti.tteen(15) miles, and .tiDderate \dnds UNW. The object :seemed to be dri!ting with the ?finds and .f'inal.l.y beyond the l'"':orl""'""' r.L'here wa a no air tra!!ic in the location at. the ti r~. Ur. or no meteorological conditiorus wdsting at the time t hat. ~;on]d cause 5-uch a sighting. Onl,y one(l) object was seen and there is n o known existing plvsical evidence (photographs, et.c. ). t "Yr...., A n"'j'o AT 3 y~ .\R r.-rTERVALS; 2dLt.. USAF !lsat. Wing Intelligence Of.tice :UNClASSIFIED fi OTl: THIS I..OCUMF.N r COHT A INS IHFOHMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL OFFENSE OF THE UNITED ~rATES WITHIN rHE MEANING OF rHE ESPIOII.\GE AC r. !:.0 U S.C.- 31 /,NO :2, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TH. ~f'l.L '41" Ul~,., .. -:H. lN Aif'rfl!,_,, ~ .. TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PfRSO:i IS PllOH IHITED IJY LAW. I T !lAY ,..OT OE REPRODUCED IN WHOL OR IN PAfrl'o'~ . H!lh ~! If. 'rt ,,fi.l .. r.l!-;i'.~tr. ,\# ~ GENCIES, EXCEPT DY PERMISSIONOFTHE DIRC:CTOnOF I NTEU.IGENCE. USAF. ......,. " J' r '4